### Author:  [@hikuikuma](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hikuikuma)
#### Post date: [10 April 2023 09:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/npm-package-dependencies-not-found/77411/1 "2023-04-10T09:25:06Z")
Hello, I'm trying to create nodes that connect to an API, I wanted to use fetch (node-fetch) which seems to me a simple solution to make requests to the API. But when I test my node, it sends me the error :
```auto
[ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND]: Cannot find package 'node-fetch' imported from
```
I did however declare it in my package.json :
```auto
"dependencies": {
"node-fetch": "^2.6.9"
}
```
and I wanted to import it with this code placed at the first line of my .js document of the node :
```auto
const fetch = (...args) => import('node-fetch').then(({ default: fetch }) => fetch(...args));
```
Where did I make a mistake?
Thanks
> Node-RED version : 3.0.2
> Node.js version : v16.13.2
> npm version : 9.6.4
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### Author:  [@marcus-j-davies](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/marcus-j-davies)
#### Post date: [10 April 2023 09:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/npm-package-dependencies-not-found/77411/2 "2023-04-10T09:51:01Z")
Just a sanity check:
What does `npm ls node-fetch` show in your Node RED user Directory
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### Author:  [@hikuikuma](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hikuikuma)
#### Post date: [10 April 2023 10:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/npm-package-dependencies-not-found/77411/3 "2023-04-10T10:20:15Z")
Show this :
```auto
node-red-project@0.0.1 C:\Users\xxx\.node-red
`-- node-fetch@2.6.9
```
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### Author:  [@marcus-j-davies](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/marcus-j-davies)
#### Post date: [10 April 2023 10:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/npm-package-dependencies-not-found/77411/4 "2023-04-10T10:38:59Z")
And your node is also installed in this location?
Have you restarted Node RED after making changes to the code/package.json?
ran `npm install`?
usually, it should show a hierarchy, similar to the below (I'm on a pi - so paths will differ)
```auto
root@raspberrypi:~/.node-red# npm ls node-fetch
node-red-project@0.0.1 /root/.node-red
└─┬ my-custom-node@8.0.0
└── node-fetch@10.2.0
```
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### Author:  [@hikuikuma](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hikuikuma)
#### Post date: [10 April 2023 10:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/npm-package-dependencies-not-found/77411/5 "2023-04-10T10:42:23Z")
Yes, I have my custom node here and restart node-red after making changes and install my custom node and node-fetch.
But I don't have a similar hierarchy...
```auto
node-red-project@0.0.1 C:\Users\xxx\.node-red
+-- @hikuikuma/node-red-contrib-twitch-api@0.0.1 -> .\D:\nodeRed\node-red-contrib-twitch-api
+-- @node-red-contrib-themes/theme-collection@3.0.6
`-- node-fetch@2.6.9
```
It's because work on Windows?
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### Author:  [@marcus-j-davies](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/marcus-j-davies)
#### Post date: [10 April 2023 10:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/npm-package-dependencies-not-found/77411/6 "2023-04-10T10:54:58Z")
Ok - not sure what else to look at.
I don't do development on Windows for Node JS, plenty here who do though.
I don't think it should make any difference with using symlinks to your node - but then I don't know if windows has some quirks with relative paths 🤷♂️
i.e Windows is trying to locate it under
`D:\nodeRed\node-red-contrib-twitch-api\node_modules\node-fetch` even though one exists in the Node RED home folder
Did you run `npm install` in
`D:\nodeRed\node-red-contrib-twitch-api` or the `.node-red` directory - don't think it will make a difference to be honest 🤷♂️
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [10 April 2023 11:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/npm-package-dependencies-not-found/77411/7 "2023-04-10T11:15:11Z")
I think that the problem here is that when running in a development mode, I don't think that your node module is checking what would normally be the "parent" folder, e.g. the Node-RED userDir.
For testing, make sure that you run `npm install` in the node package's folder and it should work. This sorts itself out when running in a more production mode where you've installed the node via [npmjs.org](http://npmjs.org) or GitHub.
Just make sure that you have a `.gitignore` file in your module folder that excludes `node_modules`.
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### Author:  [@marcus-j-davies](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/marcus-j-davies)
#### Post date: [10 April 2023 11:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/npm-package-dependencies-not-found/77411/8 "2023-04-10T11:24:55Z")
I believe you can test this further.
in your js file at the top - print this out to console.
`console.log(module.paths)`
You will get a print out similar to.
this should show what paths the Node module will use to search for the module
```auto
[
'/root/node_modules',
'/node_modules',
'/root/.node_modules',
'/root/.node_libraries',
'/usr/lib/node'
]
```
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### Author:  [@hikuikuma](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hikuikuma)
#### Post date: [10 April 2023 11:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/npm-package-dependencies-not-found/77411/9 "2023-04-10T11:38:25Z")
> [@TotallyInformation](#):
>
> I think that the problem here is that when running in a development mode, I don't think that your node module is checking what would normally be the "parent" folder, e.g. the Node-RED userDir.
This is indeed the behavior to see, once the node-fetch package is installed in my package folder, it works very well!
> [@marcus-j-davies](#):
>
> this should show what paths the Node module will use to search for the module
In my case, this loads all the "node\_modules" folders from the node folder, up to the root of the disk which is my dev disk (D:) but my instance of Node RED is running on my main disk (C :), I think this explains it.
Infact when installing the package I'm developing with the path to the folder on D:\ disk, it create a symlink to this folder in the "node\_modules" folder of my Node RED instance, so it couldn't find "node-fetch" which was installed in this folder...
Thank you very much for your help, I will be able to continue my development and I hope to be able to offer a new package of nodes soon to the community!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [24 April 2023 11:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/npm-package-dependencies-not-found/77411/10 "2023-04-24T11:38:29Z")
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